SCIENTISTS have created an artificial nerve "structure" which could be used to build computers that are smarter than human beings. In a study funded by the US Army Research Office, a team of "brain ...

Researchers in Germany have discovered previously unknown mutations in autistic and mentally impaired patients in what is known as the SHANK2 gene, a gene that is partially responsible for linking ...

True multicellular animals, the eumetazoans, have the ability to make specialized cell types, and that ability appears to have come equipped with a common genetic toolkit. Those common genes extend ...

Boffins create artificial nerve junction called a synapse which could be used to make computers become super-intelligent SCIENTISTS have created an artificial nerve "structure" which could be used to ...